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By the time the shooting ended, three children, ages 5, 8 and 11, and a 25-year-old teacher had been killed. A fourth child and another teacher were wounded. The teenage gunman was also dead, fatally shot by a father who followed him into the school after witnessing the attack unfold.

At least six costly properties have been consumed by rapidly spreading wildfires along the southern coast of California, leading to the evacuation of thousands of residents.

Today, across New York City, Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania and communities throughout the country, Americans are pausing to remember the nearly 3,000 people who were killed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 — and the countless lives forever changed by what happened that morning. For millions of Americans, the images remain unforgettable.dd

The family of Nolan Wells has shared the preliminary results from an independent autopsy. At a press conference on Wednesday, July 22, the family's attorney, Benjamin Crump, stated that Nolan's cause of death was "undetermined pending investigation." Crump also mentioned that Nolan's date of death remains unknown. "Preliminary findings… and this is significant," Crump continued, citing the autopsy report. "Focal area of red discoloration of the soft tissue at the back of th

Investigators are now seeking information from witnesses on the island on July 4 regarding the events leading up to his death. Meanwhile, social media speculation has thrust Wells' death into a heated debate over race relations in the United States.

Civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Van Turner, who represent Kohen’s family, announced during a July 1 news conference that the independent autopsy found Kohen died from what Crump described as a “shotgun wound of the torso.” The autopsy also classified the manner of death as homicide, meaning the death was caused by another person, though that classification does not itself determine criminal liability.

Pete Buttigieg stated that a "false report" prompted child protective services to examine his children's safety at home. The former United States Secretary of Transportation, 44, disclosed that a CPS worker and a Michigan state trooper visited his home "a few days ago" following a "false report," as mentioned in a Substack post on Friday, June 26.

A jury has delivered a verdict in the case of Jonathan Rinderknecht, accused of igniting the deadly Palisades fire in 2025. The fire resulted in the deaths of twelve people and destroyed thousands of homes and businesses in Los Angeles' Pacific Palisades neighborhood.